The Toronto Improv Festival runs nightly to Saturday night, with improvisors from Chicago, Philadelphia, New York (lots of PIT teams this year!) and Richmond, VA joining in as the week progresses. For the full schedule of shows (including the intriguing theme shows like After Schul Special and Improv Prom), visit the Festival website.

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Sharilyn Johnson is the author of the book Bears & Balls: The Colbert Report A-Z. Called "one of the city’s most discriminating comedy critics” by NOW Magazine, Sharilyn has been covering comedy for longer than she cares to admit. She served as the comedy reporter for Winnipeg's Uptown Magazine for five years, and was the host of the radio show Laugh Tracks for three seasons. Her work has also appeared in the Toronto Star, the Winnipeg Free Press, The Apiary, and on CBC Radio's national comedy programs LOL and Definitely Not the Opera.

@ Zach — look forward to chatting! May only make it to the late show tonight. I have to do some apartment tidying prior to hosting a festival performer for a few nights (hope to get the place a notch below “horrifying”).